Dude, it was over on Monday. If you're just finding out about this today it's too late.

The "open" beta started on the 17th. You needed a preorder or a Fileplanet subscription to join. On Aug 21st, "open" beta became open beta when anyone could get a key by free account from Fileplanet. The complaints about the beta not being open stopped at that point.

The open beta ended on the 24th, although they left the servers up for another two days. They shut them down for the wipe yesterday evening. Yes, it's a Bill Roper plot.

Tomorrow morning they open back up for the headstart, so you might try to get a preorder code that lets you on tomorrow. (Gamestop or Bestbuy preorders include the headstart)

I leave this here in hopes it will help enlighten a future anthropologist who wonders why and how such trivia dominates our culture.

Even offering a lifetime subscription is evidence you don't have confidence in your product. It means you want money up front, before the user even gets to try the product, because once the word gets out that noone wants to play your shitty game, those who bought a lifetime sub are fucked. Otherwise, they'd offer a lifetime sub forever, not just at the launch of the game.

You're trying to say it's fraud? The whole game and everything is fraud?

I get the sandbox thing, but we're up to like what, almost a dozen major scandals (two or three of which involved the developers) in the last few years for the game. I wouldn't give this game my money if it came with a triple-cunted hooker at this point.

No one in Eve holds you down and makes you invest in a Ponzi sceme. The people that do invest know that they are risking money, and takes their chances.

It's not like any GAME ever gives you the guarantee of being as stable as your investments in Lehman Brothers. Quit trying to make your priggishness sound like reason.

"As it stands right now you can make a new character in City of X, skip past the tutorial and make your way to the nearest Aeon Entertainment Building and farm your way to max level with little or no effort on the players part. You could also reach Max level in as little as 1 or 2 days with never experiencing any of the content."

Those kinds of players have been "adding value" to CoH since launch. Demon portals? "Alter portal devices?" Padding? Etc., etc. I don't really think that's a reason to hate the game. "Farming" is the preferred playstyle of many a MMO player. AE didn't ruin the game, it's just another step on the road to hell.

If you haven't seen a CO farm it's only because you aren't playing on that level yet.

I think The Last Remnant is awesome. Too bad they make quality games rather than whate'er you haters play.

However, I'm sure their operating loss has more to do with the Eidos and Taito purchases, rather than the FF franchise being declasse. As long as they don't pump out yearly game updates like EA, I'm happy to support them.